Come out and be among the thousands who will again come out to celebrate our nation’s birthday (239th) tonight — Friday, July 3rd — at the Shops at Wiregrass mall!Continue reading
Buffalo Wild Wings To Open In Early July, New Restaurants Coming
Oakley's Grille Has New Tampa's Best Burgers & Fries
When you CRAVE a great hamburger, what’s the first place you think of here in New Tampa? Fast food? One of those burger chains? Your own backyard grill?
Those are all reasonable answers, but if you’re like me — and literally hundreds of our readers — you might say “Oakley’s Grille,” which is located on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in the North Palms Village area, next to Dairy Queen.Continue reading
Hunter’s Green Country Club Is NOT For HG Residents Only!
When I moved to Hunter’s Green in 1995, Hunter’s Green Country Club (HGCC) was already a few years old and the centerpiece of an exciting new community in an area which was first referred to as “New Tampa” only a year or so earlier.Continue reading
Former Macaroni Grill Could Become National Mexican Chain

For more than a year, the former Romano’s Macaroni Grill location has remained vacant on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in New Tampa. However, that may not be the case for long, as a national Mexican restaurant reportedly is in negotiations to lease the former Italian restaurant space, just north of Highwoods Preserve Pkwy.Continue reading